Welcome to my nature blog! I love sharing my photos of North Texas! I will keep looking out and hope you do too.
Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
Our goal was to reach the creek. Last time we never made it there. Too many good treasures to look at. So I claimed we would not stop to look until we got there. Well, as you saw yesterday we did stop but hey what can you do. Now on to the creek! And you…
Ok, hold on. In fact some of you may think I have already gone batty. 😉 However last night Jeanne and I was out batting at the Caddo NG. Yes, we are back in Fannin County. Altogether, a great batty night! Tomorrow photos from Caddo NG! Many Animals Actually Have a Third, Transparent Eyelid. Here’s…
Sometimes I like to just take time to look at a single species. So I started this series of photos at 11:07am and finished at 11:46am. Thus it was more than a moment. However when you are having fun time flies. And I did see several flies. LOL. Solar storm’s auroras mesmerize, but also warn…
The phylum Arthropoda are the invertebrates. Moreover this group comprises (by some estimates) over 97% of the animal species on our planet! Therefore take a moment to soak that in. They are the animals that have: three or more pairs of jointed legs (some mites have less, many insect larvae have none), body segmented, bilaterally…
Our goal this survey season was to locate more patches of the Oklahoma Grasspink (Calopogon oklahomensis). At this point we have not had any luck. That leaves us only one thing to do, just continue to have fun! 😉 Why my heart beats for Nigeria’s endangered bats Diana Wall obituary: ecologist who foresaw the importance…
Continuing along in the wet Fannin County on the Caddo NG. Bizarre, eh! More great treasures tomorrow! Angry Bees Produce Better Venom – Effective Treatment for Degenerative and Infectious Diseases Bizarre Bunnies Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
Jeanne and I are back in Fannin County continuing with my botany survey! And we started off at Bonham State Park once again. Here’s what we found on our hike on the trails. I told myself when we started the walk I was not going to photograph anything unless it was special. Well, as you…
Every time I write ‘First Wed outing’ in a text, it wants to autocorrect to wed(ding). LOL. So on with the show now from May 1st, the First Wed(nesday) outing! And this was only the first half of the show of the First Wed outing! Second act tomorrow! Klamath River Reservoirs Drained for World’s Largest…
Back in the open prairie! And once it warmed up a bit the insects started to stir. The Genetic Blueprint of Flight: New Research Reveals How Mammals Evolved To Glide Bird migration forecast maps Sign up here for Local bird migration alerts and turn off your lights! Besides birds, the insects will appreciate lights out…
It was very nice to see human friends at the NPSOT Trinity Fork plant sale this morning. Additionally the chapter sold almost all the plants. Yeah! If you missed it, put it on your calendar for next year to get your native plants! However get there early to get the best selection. 🙂 Now on…